Bjorn's big mistake was to personalise his criticism

Once Darren gets into the team atmosphere and we're all together he will be ready to go and he and Lee will be wonder ul team-mates. They can both play with anybody." By the time the Ryder Cup gets to Scotland in 2014, Garcia could ind himsel aced with Wie as an opponent. Garcia said: "Thomas wears his heart on his slee e and his comments were understandable But Ian can only pick two ? and they are two great picks. He chose what he elt was best or the team and, although Thomas and Johan Ed ors got close, you just can't pick them all "I think Ian will be a great captain. Now that committee has decided the size o the ine that the Dane should pay.

The Spaniard Sergio Garcia, who had just played a practice round with Michelle Wie, also picked up yesterday on the number o captain's choices. In it, Bjorn said: "I ha en't spoken to him in six months and then I ind out I'm not in team by watching tele ision. I ha e nothing against Lee Westwood but i you can ind one category in which he has beaten me I would like to see it. Woosnam has been ery poor the way he's handled the players.

He's put a lot o them through a lot o misery because he is incapable o doing the right thing." Bjorn would undoubtedly ha e been an asset to this year's Ryder Cup team but it is the European Tour's rules, which he as a member o the tournament committee helps to ormulate, that decree that the captain should get only two picks. The Dane's rant was born o the belie that Woosnam should ha e told him personally that he was being le t out. I realise it is 100 per cent the captain's choice and, in Lee and Darren, I belie e he has picked two great players." Bjorn's big mistake was to personalise his criticism. It is one thing to be upset about being le t out o a team you belie e you should be in; quite another to call its captain "pathetic, the worst e er" and accuse him o being "unburdened by leadership qualities".